Linotype-machine.



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LINOTYPB MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED M1143. 1,905.,

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f aumenti-EOL Mns, oF. s'EA'TrLE; .w- ASHiNGToNg LmoTYPE-'MAcHiNEQ l No1-827,238.

' To alZJrnh/om it'fna/ z/ concern.- I Be it known'that'I,`-'EDWARD L.- HOLMES;

citizen of the United States of America, and j aresident ofthe city of Seattle,vin thecounty of King and StateofWas 'n ton,vha' ve in4 vented certain. new and useul rovements in L inot f-M'achines, of which't efollowing- 1saspeci cat i0n;' v I i My-invention rela-te lo that typeoflinotyp ries of :letter-matri L. ranged to? circulate, vmanner- .from the ma s to 4improvements 'in e-machines vwherein a seces and spacers'4 are ar` passing 1n ay successive gazines to an assembler, in' which they 'are assembled in line, then to' the 'face of an Open mold which is temporarily closed therebyto form. the letters o; charac# tersin relief on the slug,'which is'formed of'- Inetalfdrced from' the Inelti'ngfpot into the: ary object thereof is to r'ovements whereby the casting ars vcan be effected-With rapidit cast'will be perfectly solidi# fied andhave a veryhard face; x e g Further'object's and advantages will be se't forth-in the following'description and defined z'provide'im of the type-A 'clairnsq .1 f In .the accompanyingdrawingain which like' numerals of reference indicate likeparts l Athrough' theseveralviews, Figure.4 1 is a view in -ront elevation of linotype-ma'chine with* :parts rremoved f' and provided wi'tlilmy im-' proveniente. Fig. 2 v1s a top plan view-there' of, parts being broken away. @Fig vSis a viewin'side-elevationthereof. Fig. 4- is .a frag.-

mentary-sectional view v taliren on fline 4 'iiqof` the' dash-bleek @metric is being c astI v'In vc'onj v1 which*y permits of the *.airIk "cooling of the 'metal conta' these improvements 'the Aandconse uentlywar ed,an'd'w en-metalo [ture is empio mi'ttent blasts 'type-bar. 'cooling th entire lmold allemaal, injurious tov the operator.-

'mol 'meshingfwithf mien-2.,. securedto a shaft 3', driven intermitte .and threequarter 'turnso the saiddi -shaft in f eonstructio meltin formedg 4ment and. .can --be o p manner.l This mol same in outline iis-the Ordin Patented JulyJei, i'eoeg:

es when the type-bar' .j

unctionwith inl iin-.fv

rovem'ents, as stated in the foregoing, {pro- 'de an improved mold of skeletonf formi mold 4is kept'coo',

ing thereof is prevent- Y .everyhi h tempera edthe'result vbe a very. '65

es'lug ortype-b'a'r." .Theinter-A :j

'of air to whichthefdash-blockf rmatrices are sl'ibjectec'4 during'process of asting insures a perfectsolidiiication of the;

-Thecontinuous blast, aside Vfrom moldwhenit is atjrest, cools the' -disk and drives away umesfrom whi li are' "both disagreeable'. 'and The -linotype-machine' shown embodies a S -for'med Awith teeth? ntly -for. a1ternate 4'ual-ter sfrom t by means,` asl shown, v which issimilar 18o` n to that' showny in Patent' No.2: ',"Theinold is secured in-this disk (see Fig-4:). nd is ad pot 5,'. whereb y theqspee'baff is: This melting-got," Las' the `usual (instruction, is'-jpivote or 1 ,-tilting1jmove erated inf allysdesireais .substantially the'l ary mold of 'this F'g. Fig'. Sie 'a fragmentary detailfview nature andfcon'si'sts of a ba s`e part 5%, having ofthe valve ine-fthe air-supp ipec 'andfthef apertures 6, throughwhich-screwspass to se 1Y-I controlling .means therefor. s. 6 andgf' are detail viewsj o fthe mold, a`n Fig-g8 is a detail view in vperspectiv-e of thevalve-actii-- rm.' In the drawing cure itv to the mold- 1 and" between this placed to form the r. lmprovement in th ing airp assages th 4whichl are arranged s ace 8 and in provi la ong the back-ofthe conveniently providedon the ordinary mold b mit. -thinribs I 1, whc pieces 12"and 13, t that one' of the clarn'pn thereupon. The" mold skeleton form 'without it; and. u mi2-kwin base-and" cap liners`8 are space 8. .for the slug. [My

erein, 'such' as--apertures :proximity to sai Leap; This channel'is cutting awa the center Aportion :ofthe ylongitudii'i'al so -as":to 'eav'e opp'oslte are strengthened by c rosshe latter-being so arrangedl g-screws M will-bear isl thusz reduced vto sacrificing 'itsfstaliil ick. coolingthereof'is insuredfas' through the apertures iro.'

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95 e-molde'onsists inproyid ding'aehannel, e910); j

along the. channel thereof when the mold is l at the point ofejection, it being understoodI that thls channel `is not entirely closed by the ad]ace'n't portion of the disk when the mold is secured therein. (See Fig. 4.) v

i Reference-numeral l5 indicates the rigid main frame, and 16 the matrix-conducting rails between .which the type are received from the magazine. (Not shown.) To theleft yof these rails is the vise-frame 17, which is pivioted, as at 18 to thev main frame and normally locked against swinging movement by' screws 19.- This vise-frame is provided with`the is completed and then elevate the -shaft is rocked. i 4 s indicates the ejector-slide provided with f :which has an operating-lever 23 fixed there-,

to. This lever 23 is providedwith aroller for engagement with cam 24, ,whereby said the blade 26 for ejecting the type-bar from the mold, and this slide is connected to link 27 This link is plvoted to lever' 30, fixed to shaft 31, and is rovided with a branch arm 32, provided wit an angular linger 33, adapted to-be engaged by lu 34 on gear 35, where- 'by the slide is move forward to eject the type-bar. Theslide is retracted by pawl. 28, fixed to lever 30, which en ages the mutilated flange of cam 29, and held retracted thereby unti, the mold-disl has again passed through 4 a com lete revolution, it being understood fof' the slide.A

that `w en the lug 34 engages nger 33 the pawl 23 has passed into the cut-out portion ofthe flange of cam 29 so that no resistance is offered thereby to the forward movement The foregoing is a description of one of Mergenthaler machine, the con struction'of which is well known in the art, to which my. improvementsare applicable; but I do not' desire myself understood to be limiting the 'same'to the specific a plication shown.

ATn Fig.- -1 the mold.- 'sk isshown in position to have the type-bar ejected therefrom, its

receiving position 'being yat a right angle thereto, and opposite these ,two points of re'- 'eeption and ejection provide air-blast means whi `3h comprises a supply-pipev 36, having atV itsupper end the'V tw'yer 37., adapted to disohar e va'continuous blast of air or other cool-- 1jing agent .onto the mold and disk, therebal# ways tending to cool the mold-disk an eX4 ,tellin injurious fumes from the operator,

and w en the mold moves to its ejectin position it'will'be subjected to a direct coo 'n'g- This vertical movement of the.

valve 38, which is depressed against tension y of spring 39 by an arm 40, supported on the vise automatic stop-rod 41, whereby when the latter is depressed by the elevator, as in usual practice, said arm is also lowered to depress said valve and allow its peripheral groove 42register with the bore of the ipe, and therebyallowthe air to pass freely tiierethrough. l

The arm 40 is rigidly connected to a circular o en body mounted on the said lookin rod or rotation between collars 43 and 1s formed on its two faces vith opposite bosses 44, onwhich said body can rock,'so as to have its locking-tooth 45 disengaged from a correspondingly-sha ed notch 45, formed in vthe lower face of t e upper collar. Thus when it'is desired that the valve should not be operated upon reciprocation of lockingrod41 the outer end of said arm is manual y lowered to disengage its tooth from notch45 'as heretofore stated, and then swung to one side of its operative position until its tongue n a es in another notch, as 46, wherein it 1s he d y suitable means, as spring 47.

My object in having arm y40 mounted for rotation is to enable the operator toV swing the same out of its operative position, if desired, when the matrices are employed, as these in being conveyed back to the maga zine ordinarily have ample time to cool; but when a dash-block, as 48, (see Fig. 4,) is

yused, it being understood that in this type of machine the dash-block is raised and lowered continually by the elevator and not forwarded to a magazine, as is the case with respect to the matrices, the block is given no time for rest, and conse uently not allowed to cool sufficiently. T erefore when the dash-bloclris in use it is desirable that a cooling agent be discharged thereonto when the block moves directly in front of the' mold, and the means heretofore described effects this result by operating valve 38 intermittently.v This dash-block is supported between the back and front jaws 49 and 50 of the elevator-head' and is perforated, as shown, so that air received from pipe 37 and passing along the channel in a face-plate 51 will circulate therethrough and about the rear face of the ,linotypedash-plate 52.

In operation after the assembled line of type or matrices have been delivered into the jaws of the elevator and the latter lowered, as heretofore described, metal-from the melting-pot is forced by a plunger (not shown) into the mold, and during this operation the vdash-block or matrices are subjected to a YTO Inj',

l mold comprising a base v, 'the base part to form a vand being formed in its ylocking-rod 41 having opened valve 38. i The ejector moves forward and e'jects the type' bar, and as Will be observed, themold durin its 'rest wilLbe rapidly cooled.

Iiaving thus fully descrlbed my invention, what I claim` as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,`vis-' '.1`. In a machine of the-type'set forth, a

art, and la ca secured thereto, said'cap E slug-receiving slot outer face With a *y channel, and said base-part being formed vzo llongitudinal channel -same, means or'discharging a With apertures at a said slot.

A 2.- In' a machine of thetype set forth, a

mold comprlsing a base part and-.a cap secured` thereto, said cap being formed With'a point in proximity to roeating rod, and means for operating t e onto the mold, a valvefor controlling saidl means, and an adjustable means mounted on eing spaced l om' leading tothe molding osition o arranged at one side. of

cooling agent said Vrod .forunseating said valve, substantiallj)T as and for the purpose specified. 4. In a' machine of the t e set forth, in combination With the mova and the mold, ar me'ans for discharging a cooling agent toward the mold at the point Where the slug is cast, and means dischargin a cooling agent 'onto the mold-carrier sai last means beingarranged oppositexthe oint Where the slu is ejected from the mo d.'

5. In a mac ne of the class described, the

' combination with a mold-carrier and a mold thereon, a' branch l the mold and another branch lea ing to the discharg-j ing position of the mold.

of blast apparatus having 6. In amachine of the -type'set forth, in

. combination -With the mold-carrier, and the .mold therein,

a vise-head.v for clamping 'a vmae mold-"carrier, A

vas

triX-block against the mold, and means for discharging head in ahqcasting.operation;

igned at Seattle, Washington, this 28th day of Februaryy 1905. l

EDWARD L. HOLMES.- Witnesses:

ROY E. DARLINGTQN,

FREDERICK ARTRUR P EAsE. l

a cooling iiuid through the vises onto the back of the matrix-block dur- 

